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In ;uldition to these, refu>e men to the number of 

 .VJ'.l. were stationed in tlic carts used to collect the house 

 refuse. These inni empty refuse from the boxes in 

 which it is placed by the householder and at the same 

 time help sort it for the benefit of the contractor. Th< 

 men receive I'm m the city about 28 cents per day. 



There were also upward of 630 drivers of cart> 

 and .'lol) drivers of sprinkling-wagons and sweeping- 

 machines. 



In addition to the force already indicated, there were 

 men engaged in cleaning the paved streets, who had 

 been supplied from the city force which is charged 

 with maintaining the streets, to the number of 595 

 workmen and 37 foremen. The total number of men 

 here accounted for is 5625. The total salaries amounted 

 to about $1,562,000. 



The streets are generally swept by machines and the 

 sidewalks are cleaned by hand-brooms. This work is 

 done in the morning between 4 and 7 A.M., Methods and 

 when the vehicular travel is light. The j^ clean- 

 streets are first watered by sprinkling-carts ing 

 and then promptly swept by horse-brooms. Men with 

 brooms or shovels or, if the weather is wet, squeegees 

 pile the material. 



From 6:30 to 8:30 A.M. in summer and 7 to 9 A.M. 

 in winter the house refuse is collected. This is done 

 by contract, but with the aid of one ragpicker, and 

 usually two helpers in the employ of the city. Rag- 

 pickers, generally women, overhaul the refuse on the 

 >idewalk during the operations of the street-cleaning 

 department before the collecting carts arrive. 



After the carts have passed, the gutters are cleaned 

 of the wastes collected by the street-cleansing opera- 



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